When Microsoft cut its smartphone business, it cut the advantages those innovations may have added to its AI and mixed reality efforts.
With AI dominating headlines, we hear a lot about neural networks and natural language processing. But what are they and why do they matter to us and Microsoft?
How might Microsoft's AI-driven camera tech augment its mixed reality vision?
With Projects Fizzyo and Torino Microsoft is helping children with Cystic Fibrosis engage in treatment and teaching blind children to code.
The terms AI, machine learning and digital assistants are often used interchangeably. But should they be? And what do they really mean?
Personal computing via mobile platforms, apps and the web via smartphones changed how we see personal computing. Apple and Google are leveraging that shift to redefine the PC. Microsoft may be in trouble.
With Project Rome, Microsoft is turning Microsoft Cloud into a super OS for iOS, Android, Windows and millions of cross-platform apps.
Technology can enhance our lives in many ways. Sadly, its (inevitable) misuse can also do tremendous harm.
As we celebrate Thanksgiving there are many advances in technology that benefit humanity that we should be grateful for.
Microsoft's iOS and Android investments aren't a new mobile strategy to replace Windows Mobile; they're what's left of an ambitious multi-platform mobile effort.
Unbound AIs, digital assistants that can be integrated into a host of connected devices, will be vying for space in our lives. Google Assistant, Cortana, Alexa and Samsung's Viv-based Bixby are some players to watch.
Dear Satya Nadella, Microsoft loyalists need to talk to you about what's happening at your company.
Ambient computing has its benefits, but as the world becomes more connected we also become more vulnerable to attacks from hackers.
There are millions of people living with Parkinson's Disease. With Emma Watch and Project Emma, Microsoft is seeking to innovate symptom-relieving treatments.
In 2007, Apple put a tablet in people's pockets: the iPhone. And, yes, the iPhone is a tablet, albeit a mini one.
There are hundreds of millions of deaf or hard of hearing individuals in the world. Microsoft's inclusion mission embraces them in its workforce and technology.
The narrative around Microsoft's mobile strategy is an ever-shifting tale of despair and promise. Though Microsoft is culpable, it's not the only guilty party.
Microsoft's mission of inclusion encompasses the visually impaired. This has led to innovation that helps the them to "see" the world.
Smartphone prices are skyrocketing to accommodate technology costs. But the we way we use smartphones hasn't really changed. You have to wonder, is a phone like the iPhone X worth the asking price?
We're now in an age of ubiquitous tablet computers we call smartphones. Science fiction predicted this. What's next?